How does one germinate foxtail palm seed? I have big red seeds that are beginning to drop off several flower bracts. How do I plant them? In what media? Do I...
Hi Jerold You may likely get messages about this from others, but here you go! Advice may vary from others, provide you my experience with a recent batch of ...
Jerold- I've found them to be very easy to germinate. They even start germinating in storage in 3 or 5 gal pots (that's pots full of seeds). The fruit rots...
I can 2nd this - I know "someone" who forgot and left about two dozen seed submerged in a bucket of rain water from Sept. to March. He then threw the seed...
My mule palm (Queen Palm/Pindo Palm) hybrid has been setting seed for the past few years. It has always been dry little berries that were of no consequence in...
in a word no unless ... you have either a Syagrus Queen or a Butia flowering nearby. While Mules are self-sterile they can on rare occasion p/up stray pollen ...
I planted all of my mules (12 big ones) beside queens and butias of different flavors. I had one tree start making large seeds, same size as queen and butia...
Thanks for the feedback. There are a number of queen palms in the neighborhood as well as several pindo palms. Additionally I have a Syagrus schizophyllia...
Call Richard Whatley at Brooksville Palms in Brooksville, FL, he has been raising them for years and has some of the biggest Mule palms I have seen. oldpalmman...
I have a mature foxtail palm that has withstood freezes of 27 ° F with just minor foliage damage. The thing has been fruiting like crazy. Hate throwing them...
Hello, I need some advice about palm trees for a book I'm writing and hope that some of you might be able to offer suggestions. My book is fiction--it's not...
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The Palm Beach Palm and Cycad Society will hold its annual "Fall Sale" this weekend,Oct. 13 & 14, 9AM to 4PM both days.There will be more than 400 species...
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Sharon: Where do you live? The reason I asked is that with the level and breadth of information that you are seeking, I suggest you look for someone...
Does anyone have a really good bottle palm photo I could use to show on TV on Friday? Its for my small gardening slot on local TV here in La Paz, Mexico. Kind...
Larry, I live in the Naples area, so if you have any recommendations where I might get a tour, I'd appreciate it. I'm visiting the Botanical Gardens in Naples...
As a recently infected Palm and Cycad victim, I was wondering what members consider the best books on these? Also interested to know the reasons for your...
I live in southeast Georgia and am just beginning to grow palms. I am looking for info on fertilizers, watering, and how to care for various palms. I have...
You should also be able to grow queens (Syagrus romanzoffianum) and any number of the fishtails from the genus caryota, also trachycarpus and chamaerops. One...
Trachycarpus fortune , in a scientific sense,is a general name for all its sub-species including Trachycarpus fortune cv Chusan, Trachycarpus fortunei cv Tesan...
I had some healthy seedlings last spring but in the last 2 months several have died. The soil mix was a rich in humus and sandy mix and I watered them...
if stranded in the lavatory with only the one choice it's Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms (Riffle/Craft); any of the Betrock's compilations are perfect for...
previously have grown hundreds of these here in Orlando, not too fussy either, very easy which is unusual for a New Cal. palm. I just kept them shaded, maybe a...
How poetically you state your book preferences David! Thank you. I'll keep your list handy - maybe pinned behind the door of that small study chamber...
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